2 Kings 19:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. American Standard Version (1901) So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Common English Bible The field commander heard that the Assyrian king had left Lachish. So he went back to the king and found him attacking Libnah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachis. English Standard Version 2016 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish. |
Then Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians at Lachish, saying: "I have offended. Withdraw from me, and all that you will impose upon me, I will bear." And so the king of the Assyrians levied a tax upon Hezekiah, the king of Judah, of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia, saying, "Behold, he has gone out so that he may fight against you," and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
And Idumea drew apart, so as not to be under Judah, even to this day. Then Libnah also drew apart, at the same time.
A tumult of four-horse chariots has stupefied the inhabitants of Lachish. The beginning has been sin for the daughter of Zion, because in you have been found the evil deeds of Israel.
Then he went on, with all of Israel, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against it.